sadying

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A simple and unaffected mode of dancing, practised by novices in the art.


It would do you good to see our boys and girls dancing. None of your stradling, mincing, sadying; but a regular sifter, cut-the-buckle, chicken-flutter set-to.--Crockett, Tour.

S. C. The common abbreviation for South Carolina.